TALLAHASSEE – Tight end Charlie Graham's quest to rejoin Florida State University's football team has a new wrinkle other than whether he can regain his academic eligibility. Graham has a June 17 court date in Leon County to face a misdemeanor charge of unlawfully discharging a firearm in the city. ...more

May 22, 2008

'Wasteful' Spending Two of the last three months' billing statements I received from Pasco County Utilities Services were for a zero reading; the billed amount was $19.25. The December bill was $100 - thanks for the Christmas present - essentially a two-month bill! ...more

February 1, 2008

State environmental officials destroyed records, ignored federal anti-pollution rules and railroaded a senior scientist out of his job, according to a lawsuit filed in Leon County on Monday. ...more

January 29, 2008

SEBRING — If you think this ballot is complicated, you should have seen the first one. The super exemption, passed by the Legislature in June, would have offered voters a 75 percent exemption on their homes. But a Leon County Circuit Judge declared the proposed constitutional amendment so misleading and confusing, he struck it from the Jan. 29 ballot. So, Property Appraiser Raymond McIntyre told the Lake Placid Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Wednesday, now Floridians will vote Jan. 29 on a completely different – if only slightly less confusing – constitutional amendment. It's got four provisions, McIntyre told the crowd, but they can't vote on them individually. ...more

January 11, 2008

The plaintiffs fighting for the Board of Governors' right to set public university tuition in Florida have no standing to sue the Legislature unless they can show otherwise, a Leon County judge ruled Thursday. ...more

January 4, 2008

The plaintiffs fighting for the Board of Governors' right to set public university tuition in Florida have no standing to sue the Legislature unless they can show otherwise, a Leon County judge ruled today. ...more

January 3, 2008

A circuit judge has upheld a state law that allows voters to revoke their signatures on petitions for constitutional amendments. ...more

November 28, 2007

On-campus, Joseph O'Shea is a leader among his peers as student body president of Florida State University. Off-campus, he already is a leader in the fight to reform America's health care system. ...more

November 20, 2007

TALLAHASSEE - Joseph O'Shea of Dunedin, student body president of Florida State University, is already a leader in the area of health care reform. Now he is heading to Oxford University in England as Florida's new recipient of the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. ...more

November 19, 2007

SEBRING — The elected versus appointed superintendent workshop on Tuesday yielded proponents on both sides of the issue and many who are undecided. ...more

November 15, 2007